2 Samuel 17:22:62 Sam.17.22.W6TAB
וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ
vayaavru
“and they crossed over”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-VRU
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-VROO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕavˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they crossed over
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-VRU
- clause
va-ya-KAM da-VID ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-a-VRU et-ha-yar-DEN
- sentence
va-ya-KAM da-VID ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-a-VRU et-ha-yar-DEN ad-OR ha-BO-ker ad-a-KHAD LO ne-e-DAR a-SHER lo-a-VAR et-ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayyaavru {וַיַּעַבְרוּ | wa-ya-‘ă-vrû} ‘and they crossed’ governs the direct object et-hayarden {אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן | ʾet-hā-yar-ḏēn}, emphasizing the group’s movement across the boundary.
Root and etymology
ayin-bet-reshayin–bet–resh
“to cross over”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:22
Then David and all the people who were with him arose and crossed the Jordan until the first light of morning. Not one remained who had not crossed the Jordan .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 17:22, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ (vayaavru) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.17.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.22.W6.S1) and character.